Alex “Shaya” Lichtenstein pleaded guilty to two counts of bribery after copping a plea deal with Manhattan federal prosecutors, who will recommend he spend between five and six years in prison.

At the hearing, a choked-up Lichtenstein told the judge he abused his “good and friendly relationship with the NYC police officers” by bribing them for favors, including “expediting gun license applications that I submitted for other people.”

The plea deal comes just one week after Lichtenstein tried to claim that the feds trampled his constitutional rights by interviewing him while drunk.

But his own surveillance video shows he invited the agents inside and was not under arrest at the time — so there was nothing the FBI could do about his drinking, prosecutors said.

The NYPD insider planned to offer “expert evidence” that he’s suffered from alcoholism for 20 years — as well during the time he offered cops as much as $6,000 for the permits, his lawyer Richard Finkel wrote in court papers filed Nov. 3.

He admitted to drinking alcohol at his home in Pomona on April 17 as he was questioned by federal agents.

“As a long time alcoholic, daily, Mr. Lichtenstein consumes large quantities of alcohol, often without obvious signs of drunkenness, but the alcohol nonetheless affects his mental abilities,” Finkel wrote.

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The lawyer also filed a motion to suppress statements Lichtenstein made during an interview with the feds on April 17, claiming he wasn’t read his Miranda rights – adding that property was seized from his home without a warrant.

“The observation of the arrival and actions of numerous armed officers around my home, and the events that immediately followed, were truly terrifying for me,” Lichtenstein said in an affidavit.

He claimed the feds told him “Let’s talk, we’ll see,” when he asked if he was under arrest.

The Boro Park safety patrol leader allegedly sought gun permits from clients who paid him as much as $18,000 during near-daily visits to the NYPD’s Licensing Division.

He was allegedly caught on wiretaps bragging about paying bribes to obtain 150 licenses and offered a cop $6,000 a permit to keep the scam going, prosecutors say.